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Image Credit: George Frey/Bloomberg In a 2019 audit about which company was the largest plastic polluter, Coca-Cola topped the list. The report confirmed Coca-Cola was responsible for more plastic waste for the second year in a row. The audit was conducted by Break Free From Plastic, a movement to eliminate plastic worldwide, and consisted of […]
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The Atlantic Ocean contains at least 10 times more plastic pollution than previously estimated
August 22nd, 2020 
Awake Goy A recent study by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), found there is at least 10 times more plastic in the Atlantic than previously thought. The mass of ‘invisible’ microplastics found in the upper waters of the Atlantic Ocean is approximately 12- 21 million tonnes. Our latest #microplastics study identified plastic contaminants in seawater samples using […]
More Reasons to Avoid BPA and BPS in Plastic
August 21st, 2020 Awake Goy By GreenMedInfo Research Group Despite known negative effects of BPA and BPS in plastic, these toxic chemicals are still prevalent in many home products and food items. BPA and BPS exposure is linked with reproductive disorders, lowered cognitive function, behavioral problems in children and increased oxidative stress, among other health disorders. Reducing your exposure to […]
E-Waste, Plastic, and More! “The Story of Stuff Project” Exposes What Happens to Discarded Stuff
July 20th, 2020 Awake Goy By B.N. Frank For 11 years, The Story of Stuff Project has been producing and posting videos about what happens to all kinds of discarded stuff. They recently released their first feature-length documentary film, The Story of Plastic. Plastic pollution is everywhere we look, smothering our oceans and poisoning communities around the world. Meanwhile, Big […]
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No Comments »Watching The Hawks – Too Much Plastic & Net Neutrality
May 19th, 2018 Awake Goy Watching The Hawks – Too Much Plastic & Net Neutrality Watching The Hawksyoutube.com After decades of depending on plastic to make our lives easier, it may now be standing in the way of our future. The Supreme Court has decided to allow states to legalize sports betting RTs sports correspondent Steve Christakos discusses the implications […]
Europe: Plastic Trash Piling Up, China No Longer Wants It
May 11th, 2018 Awake Goy Europe: Plastic Trash Piling Up, China No Longer Wants It May 11th, 2018 Via: Reuters: Europe has sent just over half the plastic waste it used to ship to China to other parts of Asia since Beijing’s environmental crackdown closed the world’s biggest recycling […]
Nestlé’s Plastic Initiative Called ‘Greenwashing’ by Greenpeace
April 11th, 2018 Awake Goy The environmental impact of the world’s plastic consumption is profound. Plastic trash and the tiny pieces that chip off it can be found everywhere—oceans, marine life, land and our bodies, too. To help solve this planetary crisis, Nestlé pledged Tuesday to make all its plastic packaging 100 percent recyclable or reusable by 2025. The Swiss food giant envisions a world where “none of […]
Posted in World News Tags: called, Greenpeace, greenwashing, initiative, nestlé, plastic No Comments »We’re all gobbling down 100 pieces of plastic with every meal
April 8th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) You wouldn’t dream of ordering a side of plastic with your meal, but you’re already eating 100 pieces of plastic each day without even realizing it, according to an alarming new study. When scientists from Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University placed Petri dishes with sticky dust traps on tables near dinner plates […]
Amsterdam now has the first plastic-free supermarket in the world
March 28th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) Last February, the world’s “first plastic-free supermarket aisle” was launched in Amsterdam. Shoppers at the Jan Pieter Heijestraat branch of Ekoplaza, a Dutch supermarket chain, can now choose from more than 700 plastic-free products such as cereals, chocolate, dairy, fresh fruit, meat, rice, sauces, snacks, vegetables, and yogurt. All items at the supermarket are packed in either compostable materials […]
Future of the Sea report: Ocean plastic projected to triple within seven years
March 23rd, 2018 Awake Goy If we don’t act now, plastic pollution in the world’s oceans is projected to increase three-fold within seven years, according to a startling new report. The Future of the Sea report, released Wednesday for the UK government, found that human beings across the globe produce more than 300 million metric tons of plastic per […]
The Amount of Plastic in Oceans Will Triple within Seven Years, Says Major Report
March 22nd, 2018 Awake Goy Vic Bishop, Staff Writer Waking Times A recent viral video of a diver swimming through a sea of plastic is a stark reminder of what we are doing to the world’s oceans. We’ve been reporting on this issue since 2012, watching the development of a massive gyre of plastic forming in the Pacific Ocean, […]
Top Bottled Water Brands Contaminated with Plastic Particles: Report
March 16th, 2018 Awake Goy The world’s leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published Wednesday. “Widespread contamination” with plastic was found in the study, led by microplastic researcher Sherri Mason of the State University […]
Posted in World News Tags: bottled, brands, contaminated, particles, plastic, report, water No Comments »Adidas Sold a Million Shoes Made of Ocean Plastic
March 15th, 2018 Awake Goy Adidas sold a million pairs of shoes made from ocean plastic last year, according to CEO Kasper Rorsted. In 2015, the German sportswear giant partnered with Parley for the Oceans , an environmental initiative addressing major threats to the world’s oceans, to develop products made from recycled marine plastic. After much anticipation, they introduced three versions of the UltraBoost shoe […]
Another danger for coral reefs: Plastic trash transports microorganisms that spread disease across the ocean floor
February 9th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) The phrase “deep, blue sea” may slowly become a thing of the past, as more seas and oceans are being filled up with waste plastic. Its adverse effects have surely been felt by nearly all marine life, but a team of international researchers led by Cornell University has discovered one more unfortunate effect of plastic. They […]
Does Every Single Piece Of Plastic Ever Produced Still Exist Today?
February 8th, 2018 Awake Goy Renegade Editor’s Note: This is one of those issues that is always associated with “the left,” but it is something every one of us who cares about the future needs to start doing something about. By Alanna Ketler In the above image, plastic toothbrushes are lined up on Kahuku Beach. This is an act of […]
Plastic pollution is devastating ocean ecosystems, turning them into “toxic repositories;” documentary spurs action
February 8th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) Sir David Attenborough, an English veteran broadcaster and naturalist who recently made a documentary on plastic and its harmful effects on the environment, said that the Earth’s oceans are slowly becoming a toxic depository due to the evil deeds of the planet’s dwellers. Describing one scene from the documentary, Attenborough […]
Posted in World News Tags: devastating, ecosystems, ocean, plastic, pollution, toxic, turning No Comments »Plastic pollution is threatening fish populations and the fishing industry in Central America
February 5th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) Plastic pollution is posing a threat to fish populations and fishing industry in Central America as a fisherman discovered plastics and other discarded materials, such as bottle caps, bits of plastic, a mangle comb, and a cigarette lighter, in the stomach of a mahi-mahi or also known as dolphinfish. The […]
Posted in World News Tags: central, fishing, industry, plastic, pollution, populations, threatening No Comments »One quarter of New Orleans’ catch-basins were clogged to uselessness with 93,000 lbs of plastic Mardi Gras beads
January 29th, 2018 Awake Goy London has fatbergs: glistening, multiton agglomerations of fat, sanitary napkins, “flushable” wipes, human waste, dirty diapers, used condoms, and delicious strawberry jame; New Orleans has 93,000 pounds of plastic Mardi Gras beads. The city’s emergency crews have spent $7m since September, vacuuming the beads out of 15,000 of the city’s 64,000 catch-basins, […]
Posted in World News Tags: basins, catch, clogged, orleans, plastic, quarter, uselessness No Comments »Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals
January 26th, 2018 Awake Goy Scientists examined 125,000 corals across the Asia-Pacific region, home to half the world’s reefs, and found 89% of those fouled by plastic were suffering disease. On plastic-free reefs, only 4% of the corals were diseased. The work is highly significant because it is the first to examine the impact of plastic on […]
Plastic Microbeads Banned in the U.K. but Your Products May Still Have Them
January 16th, 2018 Awake Goy Anna Hunt, Staff WriterWaking Times It can be quite surprising to find out that your facial scrub, body wash or toothpaste contain thousands of tiny plastic microbeads. What’s even more appalling is the fact that thousands of tons of these microbeads end up in the ocean every year. Because of this staggering impact on […]
How about plastic for dinner? It is showing up in mussels from the Arctic to China, and ending up on our plates
January 4th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) While some moules et frites (mussels and fries) sounds delicious, the dish probably wouldn’t be as appetizing if every other bite had plastic in it. According to a recent study, mussels from the European Arctic to China are contaminated with “tiny bits of plastic.” Mussels in Arctic waters contain the most plastic of […]
Plastic Found in Mussels from Arctic to China
December 21st, 2017 Awake Goy Plastic Found in Mussels from Arctic to China December 20th, 2017 Via: Reuters: Tiny bits of plastic are contaminating mussels from the European Arctic to China in a sign of the global spread of ocean pollution that can end up on people’s dinner plates. […]
The plastic pollution problem is wide AND deep: Study finds sea animals from the deepest parts of the ocean, 7 miles down, have plastic in their stomachs
November 18th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) Plastic pollution has drastically affected marine life that even animals living in the deepest parts of the sea have been found to contain trace amounts of plastic fibers in their bodies, a disturbing new study reveals. A team of researchers at the Newcastle University in the U.K. collected various crustacean specimens from the deepest […]
Posted in World News Tags: animals, deepest, finds, plastic, pollution, problem, study No Comments »Do you have plastic in your gut? You might, if you drink water from the tap
November 11th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) Whether you live in the United States or France, there’s a high chance you’ve been ingesting microscopic plastic fibers whenever you drink water from the tap. According to the researchers behind the shocking new study, nearly all of the world’s tap water is contaminated. The researchers — who were commissioned by journalism outlet […]
Our oceans are so polluted that the coral are now eating plastic, new study finds
October 30th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) Scientists believe corals have developed a taste for plastic adrift the oceans, which means corals are ingesting the chemical additives within these plastics, as reported in a Daily Mail article. The researchers at Duke University discovered the concerning situation after the corals in their experiments ate all types of plastics, “but preferred unfouled microplastics by […]
Most of Us Are Ingesting Plastic Fibers Without Even Realizing It
October 13th, 2017 Awake Goy Anna Hunt, Staff WriterWaking Times Plastic, once regarded as convenient and versatile, has actually become one of the biggest environmental problems of our time. It’s easy to see the extend of the contamination when you visit the oceanside. Even the most remote beaches are often littered with plastic debris. Now, new evidence reveals the problem […]
Tons Of Animals Have Floated From Japan To Oregon On Plastic Junk
September 30th, 2017 Awake Goy The morning of June 5, 2012, invasive species researcher John Chapman’s wife, who works for the health department in Newport, Oregon, told him he had to go with her to see a mysterious object that had washed onto the town’s beach. Chapman was initially skeptical that the beached mass would be of any interest to him, scientifically speaking. The […]
The “BPA-Free” Marketing Scam: Why Plastic Is Still Toxic And Filled With Chemicals
September 29th, 2017 Awake Goy Next Story Whenever we see “free” labelled on a product, it tends to trick our brains into thinking, “Hey, that must be good for me!” Seriously, think about it. When you see a cereal box label that reads “gluten-free,” do you immediately assume it’s healthy? When you read “paraben-free” on the front of a shampoo […]
Whales washed up on Germany’s shore found to have stomachs full of plastic trash
September 26th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) A devastating sight came to shore last year, when over a dozen whales beached themselves along the German coastline. Four of the 13 stranded sperm whales had stomachs filled with plastic trash and other garbage — a sign of the times and a clear indicator that humans are taking their toll across the […]
The Gross Reasons You Should Never Refill Your Plastic Water Bottle
September 17th, 2017 Awake Goy Just when we thought we were feeling a bit smug with ourselves for always have a bottle of water on the Tube and that like we’re told, we’ve been hit with the terrifying news that getting our recommended amount of H2O might be super, super unhealthy. Yep, while most of us are guilty of holding […]
